SU problems
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That probably is an easier thing, let us know how you make out.
Can you just restore to your last backup when all was good?
ok, let's start from here, and keep the quoted messages so I can keep track easier
1 - You have an sprecovery nandroid backup file that is sitting in /sdcard/nandroid that you can go back to
2- you have clockwork installed right now and it can not do sprecovery restores by design.
3 - you have rom manager installed and the bottom option to flash an Alternative Recovery System is grayed out (this would reflash the sprecovery bootloader)
4 - Android Terminal Emulator (market name, the app name is just Terminal Emulator) does not let you su
Let me know if the above 4 statements are true or false
Link 1 in my signature will let you root and then install sprecovery. Do those steps work for you? Steps 1-26
Can you restore to a previous backup when all was well?
dfarrell151
Member
ok, let's start from here, and keep the quoted messages so I can keep track easier
1 - You have an sprecovery nandroid backup file that is sitting in /sdcard/nandroid that you can go back to
2- you have clockwork installed right now and it can not do sprecovery restores by design.
3 - you have rom manager installed and the bottom option to flash an Alternative Recovery System is grayed out (this would reflash the sprecovery bootloader)
4 - Android Terminal Emulator (market name, the app name is just Terminal Emulator) does not let you su
Let me know if the above 4 statements are true or false
Link 1 in my signature will let you root and then install sprecovery. Do those steps work for you? Steps 1-26
Can you restore to a previous backup when all was well?
yes 4 statements are true ive put the update zip on sd went to clock work recovery and applyed update.zip got the nandroid but android emulaitor wont let me get past su i have the nija but no su cant restore nandroid back up FILE NOT FOUND
QuPop
Member
ok, let's start from here, and keep the quoted messages so I can keep track easier
1 - You have an sprecovery nandroid backup file that is sitting in /sdcard/nandroid that you can go back to
2- you have clockwork installed right now and it can not do sprecovery restores by design.
3 - you have rom manager installed and the bottom option to flash an Alternative Recovery System is grayed out (this would reflash the sprecovery bootloader)
4 - Android Terminal Emulator (market name, the app name is just Terminal Emulator) does not let you su
Let me know if the above 4 statements are true or false
Link 1 in my signature will let you root and then install sprecovery. Do those steps work for you? Steps 1-26
Can you restore to a previous backup when all was well?
I too am experiencing the same issue. I just rooted my droid (for the second time since i unrooted when i thought the ota for 2.1 was happening couple weeks ago) with out any issues. saw the good reviews on rom manager purchased tried go to newest ultimate droid i believe it was 8.1 it downloaded and upon loading back up got stuck on the loading screen. I made the error of not creating a backup with clockworkmod just w/ nandroid. at the time i thought they used same recovery files (lesson learned). only way i could get past the looping was doing a wipe date/factory reset. it let me load back up in ultimate droid rom w/o su. i tried to do the update.zip, tried using droidhelper to try flash back to nandroid with no avail. so like many others i have a rom but with out su.
to answer your question all 4 statments prove to be true. i tried to do your steps on ur first link but since it keeps loading the clockworkmod (v1.7.8.5) i can apply the sdcard update:update.zip then reboot system but makes no difference.
thx for the help!
ok, let's start from here, and keep the quoted messages so I can keep track easier
1 - You have an sprecovery nandroid backup file that is sitting in /sdcard/nandroid that you can go back to
2- you have clockwork installed right now and it can not do sprecovery restores by design.
3 - you have rom manager installed and the bottom option to flash an Alternative Recovery System is grayed out (this would reflash the sprecovery bootloader)
4 - Android Terminal Emulator (market name, the app name is just Terminal Emulator) does not let you su
Let me know if the above 4 statements are true or false
Link 1 in my signature will let you root and then install sprecovery. Do those steps work for you? Steps 1-26
Can you restore to a previous backup when all was well?
yes 4 statements are true ive put the update zip on sd went to clock work recovery and applyed update.zip got the nandroid but android emulaitor wont let me get past su i have the nija but no su cant restore nandroid back up FILE NOT FOUND
Use Astro to look into both the /sdcard/nandroid and the /sdcard/clockwork/nandroid folders to see if you have files there.
What is in the update.zip? Is it your previous backup? That isn't a nandroid recovery image (I dont think)
At this point, I'm guessing the 3rd link in my signature would have been way faster as it takes only 10 minutes or so and then you are back at stock with a functioning phone.
dfarrell151
Member
the update zip is to root the phone . could i rename the sprecovery update.zip and go through clockwork and install it that way?ok, let's start from here, and keep the quoted messages so I can keep track easier
1 - You have an sprecovery nandroid backup file that is sitting in /sdcard/nandroid that you can go back to
2- you have clockwork installed right now and it can not do sprecovery restores by design.
3 - you have rom manager installed and the bottom option to flash an Alternative Recovery System is grayed out (this would reflash the sprecovery bootloader)
4 - Android Terminal Emulator (market name, the app name is just Terminal Emulator) does not let you su
Let me know if the above 4 statements are true or false
Link 1 in my signature will let you root and then install sprecovery. Do those steps work for you? Steps 1-26
Can you restore to a previous backup when all was well?
yes 4 statements are true ive put the update zip on sd went to clock work recovery and applyed update.zip got the nandroid but android emulaitor wont let me get past su i have the nija but no su cant restore nandroid back up FILE NOT FOUND
Use Astro to look into both the /sdcard/nandroid and the /sdcard/clockwork/nandroid folders to see if you have files there.
What is in the update.zip? Is it your previous backup? That isn't a nandroid recovery image (I dont think)
At this point, I'm guessing the 3rd link in my signature would have been way faster as it takes only 10 minutes or so and then you are back at stock with a functioning phone.
ill check my astro right now im downloading the first file of youre 3rd link
dfarrell151
Member
nandroid has all the permissions when vewing through astro how ever clockwork has no nandroide file i was goig to copy the nan. file but i doubt it would work
post 51, page 6 of this thread
You need to get sprecovery running on the phone again and get off of clockwork.
But, you don't have root access so I don't think you can.
Which means you need to unroot.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/hacking-solutions/30446-how-unroot-cyanogenmod.html
or go back to stock (link 3 in my sig)
Or...if you did a clockwork backup (it would be in the empty folder you have) that would get you to the previous version....except you need root to delete /system to make room for the other recovery file. Which again points you back to link 3 in my sig.
I'll add that this is the fix. Something caused this for many people today who found their way to the forum or who were already here. If it is due to an app in the market and it is causing issues for folks who don't have online help that won't be good for those who got stuck and couldn't find help.
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dfarrell151
Member
thank you for youre help and time im usuly not one to ask but then agen i took the easy way so it is my fault lesson learned i did learn how to use mettamorph for droid mod 1.0 can you use it on all roms?
Yes you can. I'm using smoked glass and have used MM to apply themes.
Are you taking the sbf path? Post back what you end up doing and if it works for you. That might save time for the next person.
and, I bet you learned a bunch of stuff today nonetheless. We all tend to learn more about things when they aren't working
- Thread Starter
- #88
Exactly what I did when updating the rom.
I'm going to try the Link 3 method, but all the red lettering scares me.
How did you make out? And that sure is some big red lettering eh? lol.
QuPop
Member
Thanks for all your help. ultimately i had to do the last option on your signature "Unroot/Unbrick your phone using .sbf by ikithme (get back to out of the box original setup)"
and yes the red letters scared me more than once. but it worked perfectly it restored back to 2.01 stock. I rooted again and uploaded ultimate droid 8.6.3 (while waiting for the movie to start the the theater) and worked perfectly. thanks again